Vitamin D, magnesium, and omega-3s may also support hormone balance and metabolic health
Reductions in BMI and waist circumference were observed in the high-dose group
Patricia Sylla, MD FACS FASCRS has received honoraria from Olympus, Medtronic, Ethicon, and Safeheal
This perspective ignores the well-documented health risks associated with obesity and the potential long-term cost savings from preventing obesity-related complications
Stoma complications: in patients with a stoma, GI stoma complications occurred in 42% (13/31) on teduglutide vs 14% (3/22) on placebo consistent with the drug doing exactly what it is designed to do to intestinal tissue [1]
Retatrutide, with its approaching-bariatric efficacy, may be the molecule that allows them to avoid surgery, or shrinks the surgery they end up needing, or pulls them out of the danger zone for the cluster of conditions that would have killed them in their sixties